Author Responses:

to Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain: your the only one to say that. In fact, this I've had more favorites and story alerts for the last chapter than the other 2 combined. Obviously enough people think that a Harem is acceptable, so i will continue to write it that way

to Kaiser Spartan: thanks for the review. I'll work on the homonym errors

Chapter 4: Games

Somewhere in Sunagakure (Village Hidden in the Sand)

"The preparations are complete, Kazekage. We have 5 battalions of Chuunin and 3 battalions of Jonin ninja all combat ready and ready to move on your orders."

"Good. Is the vessel ready?"

"Yes sir. Shukaku's vessel has been prepared."

"Excellent. Once the exams are over, we will unleash Shukaku upon Konoha, drawing much of their attention away from our battalions. Once we my forces are inside the city, withdraw Shukaku before he goes out of control. I will deal with the Hokage."

"As you wish my Lord."

"Now leave me."

"Hai (Yes sir)!"

The Kazekage draws up a wicked smile. Soon the Sharingan will be his and Konoha will be in smoldering ruins. His two major objectives will be completed in one day. He can barely restrain his excitement. After 20 years, his revenge will be completed.

(Time skip-2 months) 8 months after return to Konohagakure – Hokage office –

Sarutobi Hiruzen sits behind his desk. In front of him are his Jonin instructors.

They are currently nominating or not nominating each of their squads for the upcoming Chuunin Exams. All but 3 have given their nominations.

Kurenai steps forward. "I nominate Inuzuka Kiba, Hyuuga Hinata, and Aburame Shino for the Chuunin Exams."

Kakashi steps forward, his nose in his orange book. "I…"

"LOOK AT THE HOKAGE AND ATLEAST ACT LIKE YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB!" Kurenai shouts at him and hits him over the head.

He gives a sheepish look and puts away the book. "I nominate Sai, Uchiha Sasuke, and Hyuuga Hanabi for the Chuunin Exams."

Guy steps forward with gusto and everyone covers their ears. "HOSH! I NOMINTATE LEE ROCK, TENTEN, HYUUGA NEJI, AND UZUMAKI NARUTO FOR THE CHUUNIN EXAM! THEY ARE A SHINNING EXAMPLE OF YOUT…"

"THANK YOU that will be all. Please have your teams fill out this form and inform them of the time and place. Dismissed." Sarutobi cuts Guy off. He slumps his shoulders before whipping around to face Kakashi.

"Kakashi , I challenge you to a…"

Kakashi is nowhere in sight.

"Damn you Kakashi, my eternal rival. YOU WIN THIS TIME, BUT I WILL TRIUMPH WITmmmph!"

He is cuts off as Sarutobi hits him in the stomach and tosses him out the window.

"Can't a Hokage get a little peace and quiet in his own office anymore?"

Streets of Konoha

Tenten, Lee, and Naruto are enjoying the day off and wondering through the streets looking for something to do. Tenten has an ice-cream cone and Lee has a candied apple. Naruto however has Ramen-on-a-Stick (dry noodles on a wrapped around a Popsicle stick). They pass right in front of the Hokage's Tower. Tenten had to by the snack for Naruto since most of the villagers won't serve him.

Suddenly a green blur falls and crashes into the ground right in front of the Genin. When the dust clears, they see Guy with his head and his shoulders literally stuck on the ground.

"I guess sensei got tosses out for yelling at Kakashi in the Hokage's office again. He really needs to learn some restraint." Naruto says nonplussed. He takes a crunchy bite out of his ramen.

"Do you think we should help him?" Tenten asks, actually considering not helping him out. "He won't learn his lesson if we keep bailing him out. It's what, the 5th time?"

"That's only for the month. If a 50 foot drop straight on his head doesn't teach him, I doubt anything can get through to him."

"HOSH! I will save you Sensei!" Lee rushes forward. Tenten and Naruto sweat drop as he digs out Guy with his bare hands. When Guy is standing on his feet again, there is a 5 foot wide and just as deep hole in the road.

"Thank you my students. You have most proven that your youthfulness is indeed active on your days off." He strikes a pose and a Genjutsu goes up behind him to form a rainbow in the "background". Tenten and Naruto face fault, ruining both their snacks, as Lee's eyes water. He jumps into Guy's arms as they cry together.

"GUY-SENSEI!"

"LEE!"

"GUY-SENSEI!"

"LEE"

"GUY-SENSEI!"

"LEE"

"KNOCK IT OFF!" Guy and Lee are blown back by a huge surge in wind.

Both turn to look at Tenten who has several tick marks on her brow.

"Do you know how many people are staring because you keep shouting each other's name like the two guys on Brokeback Mountain?" She doesn't notice the blood pouring out of Naruto's burst eardrums.

Naruto turns to Tenten. "Do you say something?" a blank stare on his face before he falls to the ground, unable to keep his balance.

(Time skip-10 minutes)

"Damn Tenten, did you have to be so loud?" Naruto asks. His eardrums had just reformed and he is sitting on a bench because he can't keep his balance with his inner ear shot.

"I'm sorry. I didn't think that it would be that loud." She says sheepishly, her guilt clear as day at causing him pain is clear as day.

He waves her off. "You're lucky that my Kekkei Genkai allows me quick healing. Anyways, Guy-sensei, what were you doing when you got blasted out of the Hokage's office?"

"HOSH!" Naruto winces. His newly formed eardrums are still very sensitive to harsh sounds. Guy sees his flinch and lowers his tone. "We were nominating Genin for the Chuunin Exams that start next month. Here."

He reaches into one of the many pockets that the Jonin vest has and hands all three of them a packet of paper.

"This is the application to enter. The entire team must enter or the whole team is barred. Our team is different. Since the Chuunin Test only allows for 3 team members, one of your either has to not participate or have 2 other Genin from this village be your teammates."

"I'll be the loner." Naruto instantly speaks up.

Tenten and Lee are about to argue at his instantaneous self exile when Naruto holds up his hands.

"I'm the best choice. While I don't like to have to look for new teammates for this test, I am the obvious choice. Neji is too prideful to ask someone. Lee, you are a taijutsu only ninja. That can be hard for others to cope with. Tenten, you are a long range and close quarters specialist, but you have almost no Ninjutsu. I have the best overall skills, stamina, strength, and speed.

"Plus that and I already have one member that I can maybe use. I would need to find one more, but that shouldn't be a problem. I'll have a month to get with them and get in some team practice. I'll be fine. Don't worry."

Tenten and Lee nod in their understanding, but they still don't like having to cut one of their own out.

"Guy-sensei, I request a temporary leave of absence from Team 9. I need time to get my team together and get some practice in."

"Ok, Naruto. The exam starts in less than a month. Show up with your team at the usual team meeting spot the day before the exam at noon and I will fill you in on the details. Dismissed."

With an uncharacteristic wave, he disappears in a Kakashi-like puff of smoke.

"Well this is going to be interesting."

(Time skip-1 hour) Uzumaki Kushina's house

"Ka-chan! Are you home?" Naruto calls out. He closes the door behind him and walks into the living room.

"Hai! In the kitchen dear." He hears her call.

He walks into the kitchen to find Kushina cooking lunch. Sitting by the counter he sees Haku. From the looks of it, she has changed a great deal from when he first met her.

(Flashback)

Naruto wakes up from his "nap". He stretches and climbs tiredly out of bed. He walks to the bathroom, then to the kitchen. He pours himself a bowl of cereal and starts to eat. Only then does he notice the girl sitting right next to him, staring at his only-clad-in-boxers body.

"Uh…hello. You are?" he asks.

She sweat drops.

"You don't remember do you, Naruto-sama?" she says.

He frowns at her. "Don't call me sama. It makes me feel old. Do you want to continue or were you going to leave it off at I don't remember?"

She shakes her head furiously. She jumps up from her chair and gets on her knees on the floor and bows down to him, her forehead touching the floor. "I am Haku, your new tool and weapon. I am at your complete disposal. If it be a living shield or my flesh, I am yours."

Needless to say, he is a little shaken by her little speech. He slowly climbs off the chair and gets on one knee in front of her. He takes her shoulders and lifts her up until she is looking at him.

"Listen to me Haku. You are a person. A living human being. You do not belong to anybody but yourself. You are not a tool for someone to discard when it has no more use or when it is broken or cracked. Get up off the floor. I don't want you to bow to me like that ever again." She doesn't move and Naruto physically lifts her by her shoulders and makes her stand.

"I do not own you, you belong to no one."

She looks away. "But my master was killed and as a weapon, the one who killed him is my master now. The grey haired man took me to here so you must be his master. I will serve you and you alone. I am yours to command."

A growl of irritation makes its way out of Naruto's throat. "So if I ordered you to kill the Hokage, would you do it?" She nods. "If I ordered you to every person in this village, would you do it?" Again she nods.

He takes her forearm and leads her to the bathroom. He makes her look in the mirror.

"What do you see?" he asks her.

"I see a weapon; a living tool to be used by whoever bests my master."

Naruto shakes his head again and gives a frustrated grunt. He points to the mirror. "You know what I see? I see a pretty girl who had a wack job for a loved one of yours and that person manipulated you. He took your willingness to protect him or her and brainwashed you to think that you aren't even a human being. I see a young girl who was used and abused. I see a person who should be living for herself, not for someone who tells them what to do. You should do things because you decide that you want to do it, not someone else."

(End Flashback)

He looks to her again. She has a straight posture, and wearing an actually full-length dress. Her hair is pulled back in a bun on the back of her head.

"Hello Haku-chan. I haven't seen you in a while." He greets her as he sits next to her.

"Hey Naruto-kun. What brings you by here?" she asks.

"I need to ask you something. What are your plans for the future?"

She looks away in thought. "I don't know. I haven't thought about it much. Why do you ask?"

"Because the Chuunin Exams as coming up and I need two teammates. I was thinking that with your shinobi training with Zabuza and it would be good for you if you wanted to join Konoha's military it would be a good opportunity."

"I don't know. I'll have to give it some thought. Thanks for the offer though."

Naruto turns to Kushina, who has been listening in on the conversation, but not saying anything.

"Ka-chan, do you know of anybody that I can ask to be my teammates incase Haku doesn't want to become a shinobi?"

"I don't know Naru-chan. I'm not exactly running with the mother crowd here anymore. Besides, most of the Genin have a squad. Maybe if you go by the Hokage's office then he can point you in the right direction."

"Thanks, I'll do that. Is it ok if I stay over for lunch before I go out?"

"Of course it is. With both of us being on missions, we don't get to see much of each other now. Come have lunch with us anytime you like. I only said that in the beginning to make you go out and socialize."

"By the way, what is for lunch? It smells good. But then again, everything you make smells good to me."

(Time skip-20 minutes)

"Naruto, come here please. We need to chat." Kushina calls. Naruto had walked away from the counters right after finishing his lunch. Naruto steps in the living room where his mother is currently seated on a couch and joins her.

"Yeah ka-chan. What's up?" He has a sinking feeling where this is going.

"You." She says, the firm tone in her voice suggests a painful experience if her doesn't answer her questions. The feeling in is gut turns cold, confirming the topic.

"Look before you get upset over what I did, did Shi-chan explain why I did it?"

Kushina shoots him a glare. "The reasons behind it don't matter. You went and stole something of his. You're no better than the whole Uchina clan. They steal without permission and now you have too.

"I'm happy that you defend me so…vigorously, but I can handle myself and my own reputation. I don't want you getting into trouble with the council and make enemies that will hinder you later. What you did was foolish and stupid and I don't want you to do it again."

"Not even if he deserved it? I'm not going to sit by and let that arrogant teme and get away with it. This way next time if he does so, I will let him know just who the top dog is."

"NO! What will happen the next person who makes you mad? Are you going to steal their Kekkie Genkai too? You will be no better than any Uchiha who even activated their Sharingan. You will steal and learn something that you were never meant to have and it can back fire and kill you.

"What's worse is that you will be no better than the person who you despise so much for his arrogance. Your kind of thinking only breeds arrogance and an ego. You will begin to think that it is your job to police the world and that you can do no wrong. I will beat it out of you before I let that happen. Now promise me you won't do it again."

Naruto hangs his head. "I promise."

"Now come over here and give your Ka-san a hug." He hugs her and she hugs him back. He lays his head on her shoulder and she continues to talk.

"Now that you do possess the Sharingan, you might as well learn to use it properly since it will be useful in tight situations. But you must remember that those eyes are a great source of weakness too."

Naruto looks confused.

"Clans like the Hyuuga and Uchiha rely entirely on their eyes. The Juunken relies on the Byakugan to see the chakra points the human body. They then close up those points with tiny bursts of chakra that disrupts them and renders the arm useless since the chakra pathways are very close to the nervous system.

"What would happen if you took away their ability to see chakra points? Or if their Byakugan wouldn't work?"

"They won't be able to right effectively, plus their scout and stealth skills rely on the Byakugan to know where guards and patrols are. Plus they can see traps."

"Exactly. You rely on one sense too much and it becomes as much of a weakness as a strength. It's the same with an Uchiha. You take away their eyes and they are almost useless especially the older and longer they have activated their Sharingan.

"I can have Kakashi teach you how to use it once you activate it, but promise me you won't use it against that boy you stole it from. He can't know that you have it. It will only serve to push him down the wrong path. Ok?"

Naruto nods and disengages himself from his mother.

"I understand, Ka-chan. Anyways, I should go and see if the Old Man has any ideas about a teammate, but I need to go to my apartment first and get changed and showered. See you later Ka-chan."

(Time skip-2 hours) Hokage office

Sarutobi once again feels a familiar chakra signature heading straight for his office. He sighs and places his hands on his paperwork, but to his surprise, the door opened calmly and without an enormous blast of wind. He apparently learned his lesson last time when he had to pick up the sheets of paper.

A mop of blonde hair appears in the doorway and Naruto makes his way to a chair.

"Ah, Naruto. I see you have surpassed your mother in maturity. What can I do for you?"

"Well, I'm pretty sure you know that I need a couple of teammates to participate in the Chuunin Exams, so I was wondering if you had any suggestions on who to ask. I already asked Haku if she would help, but I don't know if she wants to be a shinobi, so I need more than one reference."

The Hokage is deep in thought. He had expected Naruto to stop by, but he hadn't had any time to divert to thinking about his predicament.

"Well, most of the Genin have already been assigned to a team. You seem to be an enigma. I'm sorry but I don't have anyone that I can think of. I will look through my files and see if I can find anyone."

"Thanks Old Man. I think I'll leave you to your thoughts."He gets up and walks to the door. With a mischievous smile on his face, he bolts out of the office and slams the door shut, causing a great deal of wind. It sends papers scattering across the floor.

The Hokage smiles and sighs.

'Just when I thought he grew up, he makes me rethink that opinion. He really is her son.'

Konoha Streets

Naruto is walking back to his apartment, his mind wrapped up in the conundrum of the Chuunin Exams. If he can't get another partner, he can't even enter the test. Things would be better if Haku said yes, but he isn't going to force her.

He is so wrapped up in his thoughts that he doesn't even see the stares and death glares sent his way. No one is going to attack him now because it is a capital crime to attack a shinobi unless it is in defense, but that doesn't stop them from over charging his food and other purchases, stopping him from even shopping at their stores or shutting off his utilities if he is even one day late on the payment.

"Hey, kit. Head to the farthest training field and let me out. I want to talk with you about something." Kyuubi says.

Having nothing better to do, he does exactly that.

(Time skip-20 minutes) Training Field 10

Naruto lands at the furthest training field from the village.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" he says as he slams his hand on his stomach.

With a poof a very large cloud appears in front of him.

"What the hell Kyuubi? Why did you create such a large amount of clouds?" he swipes at the cloud uselessly. The clouds suddenly disappear.

In front of him is a very naked woman. This woman is shorter than him by a few inches, has green eyes, a mob of short brown hair and, to his amusement and concern that he looked and recognized, she has an A-cup chest. Her face is a little round from the baby fat that has yet to go away, she has red glasses and her face sports many zits and spots of inflamed skin. She is scrawny with almost no muscle development. Naruto can see every one of her ribs.

Her hair is so tangled a bird could use it for a nest and is badly cropped short to her shoulders. Her skin is almost deathly pale, and…she has a uni-brow. An actual uni-brow! Naruto has never seen one on a woman before and it only adds to the total look of unhealthy levels of un-cleanliness. Naruto doesn't say it out loud, but this woman standing in front of him is without a doubt the ugliest woman he has ever seen!

"Um, excuse me, but who are you?" he asks very cautiously.

"Why, Naruto, I'm hurt you don't recognize me."The female says. Despite her scrawny frame, she places a finger to her lips seductively and struts toward him.

"K…K..Kyuubi?" Naruto stutters out.

A grin forms on her face.

"I knew you would get it eventually. What do you think?" the female Kyuubi asks, stretching her arms wide to show him her body. Her voice is lacking her normal powerful undertone.

"What the hell, you're a GIRL?" he shouts.

A tick mark appears above her eyebrows. Faster than he can keep up with, she pins him to a tree that was 20 feet behind Naruto.

"Why do you all humans assume that everything fearsome has to have a penis?"she asks coldly.

"It's not the fact that you are a female, well it is, but it's the fact that you let me think you were a male that I'm shocked about. With that reaction, I would have thought that you would have set me straight long ago."

A feral grin comes over her features. "I did it to have my own fun. It was so amusing making you think that I was a male. When you talk to me, especially when you introduced me to your mother, I had a blast laughing my ass off."

"So if you manipulated me into thinking you were a male, then why the hostile reaction? Oh, and can you put me down please?"

She gives in and lets him slump to the ground, using the tree as a backboard. She joins him on the ground in front of him, giving him an unrestricted view.

"Once again, I did it for my amusement. And I didn't manipulate you; I just let you think that your initial judgment was right. I knew I could get away with it, so I did it and low and behold, one of my plans worked," She says sarcastically.

"I'm glad I can be of some use to somebody."

Kyuubi reaches over and ruffles his hair.

"Trust me. You're much more useful than just a toy for my amusement."

Naruto looks over at her, which he had been hesitant to, seeing how he doesn't know how she will react to someone staring at her naked body.

"So if that is what your human form looks like, I wonder what your half human-half Bijuu form would look like." he muses more to himself than to her. She takes this as a challenge than a question.

"Let me show you something." Kyuubi stands up and walks a few feet away before turning back to him. Her body begins to shift. Her frame grows longer, lither. Her chest fills out extensively. From an A-cup to pushing the boundaries between C and D. Muscles grow in and tone very nicely, making her look like she isn't skeletal. She now stands even with Naruto (if he were standing).

Her hair lengthens to her waist and the tangles and split ends even out to form silky hair. It also turns a deep shade of red. Next, her face contorts. It becomes sharper, firmer; her cheekbones raise themselves and grow broader and the baby fat disappears. Her skin becomes smooth, gains color and takes on a pearly gloss and all traces of any blemishes are gone. Her eye brows part neatly, leaving two very tamed and shaped eyebrows. Lastly, her eyes switch from green to red.

Now standing in front of Naruto is easily the hottest woman he has ever seen. She looks like a woman in her early twenties and still without a shred of clothing and the way she is standing leaves nothing to the imagination. A geyser of blood erupts from his nose and he passes out instantly.

He awakens a few minutes later. He feels something warm underneath him and when he opens his eyes, he stares into a pair of fierce red ones. Her fire-red hair cascading over her shoulders and softly touching his face. He puts two and two together and figures out that he is lying on her lap.

The memories of why he passed out return and he sits up rather quickly and backs away about 3 feet, eliciting a smile on the red head. He turns back to her and blushes massively at her still naked body and the fact that he was just lying on her very naked lap. But he keeps his wits and doesn't pass out again.

"Welcome back to the land of the living, Naruto," her voice full of power. He does a double take at the sudden change in her voice.

"What the hell Kyuubi. I thought you were that ug…other girl." He dodged bullet. He almost said the tabooed word to women: ugly. At least it is when referring to the girl you are currently talking to or her close friends.

"I would have thought you caught on by now. I have the ability to change the dimensions of myself, so I can make myself look like whatever I want. This is the way I perceive myself as a human."

Naruto nods his head in understanding. "Most women would kill for that ability," he mumbles. "So what did you want to talk to me about before we… got distracted." He asks her, wanting to get away from the topic of her body.

Kyuubi puts a finger to her lips and pouts, trying to make herself look cute. "What, you don't like spending time with me? The real me anyways. Or is me being a hot woman to weird for you?"

He knows a trap when he sees one, so he counters. "With the way your acting, you would think that you wanted me to see you naked and spend time with you in your very hot, very human form."

This time it is the Kyuubi's turn to blush. "What? I don't like to wear clothes. I was born all-naturale (I don't know how to spell it and neither does MS) so why can't I be like this? Don't you like seeing me like this?" she taunts him.

She strikes a very sexy pose that draws another nosebleed. She is a fox by nature and as such, they like to play games with people. This happens to be one of her favorites with kids and young and even some old men (like Sarutobi) who don't know how to deal with a hot woman.

Naruto sighs. She wants to play this game, fine. He will give her something to play with. (Giggity!) He takes out a handkerchief and stuffs it up his nose.

'Shit, he is getting serious.' Kyuubi thinks. She smiles as he is going to play this game with her. It's been too long since someone has played the game well with her, much less win.

"You know I do, so that's why you turned into such a hot woman. You pose, you taunt, you go without clothes. The only conclusion I can come up with is that you want me to see all you have to offer. And I must say, I like what I see."

The blush extends down her chest, making her face almost match her hair. She quickly schools herself and with her pride on the line, Kyuubi pulls out all the stops. She gets up and parades herself right until she is right in front of him. Suddenly, she sprouts 9 completely red tails and her pupils become black slits. Her nails elongate and her canines become much more pronounced. Her chest expands so now she is closer to a G-cup. She places her hips right in front of his face, his eyes dead even with her lower lips and she slowly lowers herself, allowing him to analyze her body on the way down, and one of her breasts rests on his head and the other one has her nipple right in front of his face.

She sees the handkerchief in his nose twitch slightly. So she ups the performance. She takes her engorged bosom that is in his face and starts to massage and squeeze the massive piece of flesh right in front of his face.

The handkerchief rockets out of his nose from the pressure and he passes out. His skin is very pale and he is breathing very shallowly.

"Damn. I think I over did it; looks like he is a breast man."

For the second time, Naruto wakes on the practice field. He feels a familiar heat underneath his head. He opens his eyes and his ocean blue meets blazing red ones, again. She cracks a smile at him.

Naruto slowly sits up and faces Kyuubi. This time she is clothed in a blood red kimono with a white outline of her full nine-tailed form wrapping around the front and back. Her hair is tied up in an intricate bun on the back of her head and held in by at least 6 senbon. She has her tails out and her feral looks still grace her features, but her breasts are back to their "normal" C and ¾ cup. She only grew them out to mess with him he deduces.

Kyuubi just got hotter, if possible. Naruto almost passes out from looking at the angel in front of him, but he fights it off and goes with an obvious question to break the tension.

"When did you get clothes?" he asks.

Kyuubi shrugs. "My body is a lot like your mindscape. I can change almost anything that I want about it. From my appearance to what clothes I am wearing. I cannot change what I am, but I can manipulate what I look like."

"So that game we played could have been avoided? Do you know how much blood I lost?" Naruto asks. Annoyance clear in his voice.

"What? I just wanted to have some fun. You played the game well for your first time to openly flirt with a woman. Maybe with some time you can beat me at it."

He notices the tails behind her. "What's with the tails?"

"You were curious about by hybrid form, so this is it. I have my tails and my claws and fangs, but I still look human."

Naruto is about to say something when she silences with her hand. He notices her nails are perfectly clear and look like they have been manicured.

"As much as I like to talk to you about random things, I did have a reason to ask you here. If you don't have a third teammate by the end of the week…I can be your third teammate." She sheepishly looks away, slightly embarrassed at the offer.

Naruto is stunned by her offer.

"Why would you want me to my teammate? You're the great Kyuubi. Why would you lower yourself to help me?" he asks, not sure if she is joking with him or not.

"Look…I…want to help you as much as I can. I feel responsible and terrible for making you have a harsh life so I want you to become a very strong shinobi and show this village that they are fools for treating you like they have."

Naruto has a gnawing feeling that she isn't telling him everything, but first he has to address this blaming issue.

"Assuming that I blame you for that, how different would I be from the villagers if I didn't forgive you? You obviously regret what you did and have been my closest companion my entire life. And just so you know, I don't blame you more than I can blame a desk if I stub my toe on it. I could never blame you or be mad at you."

He pauses his speech to let it sink in before asking her about her reasons.

"Kyuubi, why else do you want to help me? I can tell that you are holding something back from me and I want to know what it is." He ends his little speech as gently as he can.

Kyuubi goes rigid. She hadn't expected him to pick up on that.

"Look, I don't want to talk about it. Just leave it at that." She gets up from the ground and walks a few feet away.

When a pair of arms encircles her waist from behind, she gasps. Her body goes from rigid to concrete.

"I can see that this is very painful for you. I want to help you out. You can tell me anything. From your deepest desires to your darkest secrets to what you ate for lunch. You are my best friend and I hope that I'm yours. If you say to drop it again I will, but telling me might make you feel better and maybe it is something I can help you with."

He lets go of her and walks in front of her. "I am all ears anytime you need me."

Kyuubi is stunned. No one has ever been this nice to her. She is his best friend. She has never had many friends. Who needs friends when you're an ageless, all-powerful being? Not only that, but he wants to be her best friend. And here he is, trying to be a friend to her, true to his word.

A tear sheds from her face. For the first time in a long time, she is wanting to have a friend, for him to be her friend.

She is brought out of her thoughts when a finger wipes the tear from her alabaster skin.

"Crying doesn't suit you," he says with an understanding smile.

"Thank you for you kind words. I won't' forget them…but…I'm still not ready. I will tell you when I am and you will be the first to know, but until then, please drop it."

Naruto nods his head. He goes back to the topic at hand.

"So, also assuming I say yes, how would we go about you being official to even be my teammate?"

"Oh, that part is easy. You tell Sarutobi that I am a friend you met when you were training with your mother and that I am willing to be your teammate temporarily. Now, do you want my help or not? I can be the same girl I looked like at first and come up with a name."

Naruto is slightly shocked at the complete 180 in her mood, but he shakes it off. "Alright I give in, but how are we going to explain your chakra? A lot of people felt your chakra 15 years ago and will know it in an instant."

"That's easy. How do you think I went about without being captured for centuries? When you live for a long time, you gain an exceptional control over your chakra and I've learned to completely hide it from humans. The Byakugan won't be a problem because I can put chakra all around my body to keep them from prying."

Naruto thinks for a second. "But if you're using your chakra as a cloak, then how will you hide it?"

Kyuubi thinks for a second. "I can mimic yours. If you transfer a little bit of chakra into me, I can clone it and make a portion of my chakra feel like yours but a little off. I will suppress the unmodified chakra. This ability comes in handy when trying to evade and assassinate someone."

Naruto looks dumbfounded at her comment. She catches this look. "What? You think that I always went on a massive destructive rampage to destroy something? I enjoy the occasional assassination and watch a city or country fall apart, but rampaging is my favorite. The feel of breaking something, the smell of fear…Kami it is intoxicating."

Naruto shakes his head. "Remind me not to get on your bad side. How are we going to do this?"

She walks toward him, all business now. "There are two spots in which chakra is transferred the easiest. One is on your diaphragm and the other is over your heart. Sit on the ground with your legs crossed."

He does so. After he is sitting, she sits on his lap, her back up against his chest. This position makes him blush bright red. But what he can't see is her blush is almost as bright.

"You might want to put something in your nose because in order to do the transfer, skin to skin contact must be made, meaning that I have to take this kimono off or at least open it up and with you right behind me…well, I'll leave it to your imagination."

Naruto gets a small nose bleed from the imagery and puts a new handkerchief and plugs his nose. Once that is done, she opens her kimono. Kyuubi wasn't kidding. With him being right behind her, he has a great view right down her chest and since she isn't wearing a bra, he can see her pink nipples. He can feel the handkerchief get drenched. After a few seconds though, it clots and Naruto's brain cools down.

"Alright, place your right hand just above my stomach and your left hand over my heart."

"Is there any other way to do this?"

Kyuubi nods her head. "Yes there is. I can forcefully take the chakra from you, but I won't do that."

"It might be preferable to this method."

Kyuubi shakes her head, making her hair fly everywhere. "No. It will kill you. To be able to take someone's chakra, you have to override or overpower the host's own chakra. This means that once you start, you don't stop until the body is completely drained of chakra.

"And what are you complaining about? You actually get to touch something of value without paying. Most men would kill for a chance like this and I'm giving it to you for free."

Naruto rolls his eyes and mumbles something about perverts. He places his hands on the designated spots. He becomes very aware that his right hand is touching the bottom of her generous breasts and his left hand on top of her left breast. He is nervous about being in this intimate position and his nosebleed continues unabated.

"Let's hurry and get this done. My handkerchief can only absorb so much blood."

Kyuubi giggles, which is weird to him that an all powerful, centuries old creature would giggle. It sounds even weirder since the giggles are in her normally power filled voice.

"I'm going to draw your chakra into myself. When you start to feel it flow, don't resist." Naruto nods and almost instantly feels a pull on his chakra.

It flows from his chest to his hands and into her. It is an interesting sensation to say the least. This distracts him from her current state of dress, or undress, for a while.

After a few minutes, the flow of charka tapers off to nothing and Kyuubi stirs. Naruto instantly takes his hands off of her.

She shifts in his lap, leaving her kimono wide open, returning his attention to just how skin is exposed. However, she doesn't get up. She just lays there and leans against him for support.

"You chakra feels so nice and warm. I feel like I can go outside in Snow Country without clothes on and not be cold."

"Is that weird?" Naruto asks, not sure is that's complement or not.

"No, it's not weird; well it is weird, but certainly welcome. Most people's chakra feels cold since each person has chakra specific to them, but yours is very warm and relaxing. I could fall asleep right here."

By now Naruto is having trouble keeping a piece of anatomy from showing itself. Ever since she shifted in his lap and ground up against his hips, he has been fighting a losing battle. Her open clothing isn't helping matter. He decided to do something before she finds out.

"As much as I would like to stay like this, I would like to release my tails and relax some at home. You can change into your fox form with a single tail and hop on my shoulders so you don't have to go back into the seal."

Kyuubi pouts for a second, not wanting to leave her source of heat. But she realizes the longer they stay like this in the open, the more likely they are to be found and have to answer some difficult questions.

Kyuubi starts to change; her clothes instantly sink into her skin and her body shrinks as well while sprouting red fur all over. A single tail pops out as she stops her shrinking. Naruto finds Kyuubi no bigger than a normal fox, but just as red as her full sized self. She yips at him before jumping up on his shoulders. Her nose just under his chin as her mussel and tail snuggle up against his neck and cheek.

Naruto laughs at her. Even though he may be a chick repellant because of the rumor mills, one look at Kyuubi snuggled up against his neck will send them into a frenzy that not even him being a "demon" can repel.

"You're going to get me into trouble with the girls in this town, Kyuubi." He starts to head back to his apartment.

"Kiyomi" Kyuubi whispers.

"What?"

"That's my real name. Kiyomi. Don't wear it out," and then she falls asleep.

End Chapter 4

Chapter Words: 7,039

Total Words: 27,346

Date released: 1/04/11

AN: Kyuubi may be an all powerful creature, but she is still emotional and has a conscience. Also, the torso weight on Naruto is slim, showing more of his abs/stomach. It goes from his belt line to the middle of his abs. I would make it smaller like a belt, but this way it spreads out the weight more evenly and is more practical.

To explain Sakura, she isn't in the village. She exists, but not in this village. You will find out why later.

I got tired of the same thing: Sakura being a fangirl and Sakura being a more emotionally dumb than Naruto. So I came up with something a bit different. If you don't like it, tough. My story = my plot. There is a method to my madness. All will be revealed in good time.

For those of you who are wondering how Hannabi is in the same Genin class as Hinata, I made it so that she graduated early. She is very smart and because of Hiashi choosing her over Hinata, her academy level training in almost everything way above her age. Plus I needed someone to replace Sakura in the Rookie 9.

Also, this will not be a rehash of the original story. It will be up to the Chuunin Exams, but after that, it will be original with some of the same events like Pain invading Konoha, but drastically different.

Thanks to all who reviewed! Keep at it. I love to hear what I can fix and what I did well.

tomhunt